Legitimacy of Citizen-led Deliberative Democracy

Taylor & Francis

The Legitimacy of Citizen-led Deliberative DemocracyThe G1000 in Belgium\nAuthor(s): Didier Caluwaerts, Min Reuchamps\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781138281943, 978-1138281943\nSynopsis\nFor deliberative democrats, the strength of any democracy is public deliberation, the frequent and reasoned discussion between citizens on political issues. \n\nDespite all the theoretical claims made about deliberative systems, the question remains how to empirically assess both the legitimacy and function of deliberative systems in the real world and how individual sites of deliberation interact within the larger political system. In other words, what is the legitimacy of each individual component and under which conditions can these components improve the legitimacy of the wider system? These are the central research questions for this book looking particularly through the prism of the citizen-led mini-public G1000 in Belgium.